Griffith Park & Silver Lake Blog.
Posted in Creatures, People who don't know any better on Aug 6th, 2011
I learned about the LA County Animal Shelters through Facebook 2 years ago, but the first push to write this was either a chicken or her egg. Or her good friend, the duck. * They were found together, wandering near the road (of course – the chicken wanted to cross it), and picked up by [...]
Posted in Fire Department 101, People who don't know any better on Aug 31st, 2010
I don’t know, are golfers older and white, except for Tiger Woods? Just came across this news on a fire that burned 25 acres in Irvine, that the golfer claims was started by a golf ball hitting a rock. From the LA Times: A golfer accidentally chipped a rock, setting off a 12-acre blaze next [...]
Posted in Creatures, People who don't know any better on Jul 1st, 2010
Zocalo recently posted a chat in the weekly updates and announcements they send out, called What is the Cruelest Food You’ve Ever Eaten? I haven’t been to Zocalo in a couple of years, but they do have some good events and free food, (which isn’t cruel at all). Their lectures are free, and they tackle [...]
Posted in Creatures, People who don't know any better on Dec 17th, 2009
Mike McBride kills a boar. Well, he didn’t do the actual knifing, or shooting, of course, but he likes to take all the credit at California Fish and Game, the biggest killing operation in California. In fact, he likes to claim all the animals Fish and Game kills each year. National Guard, take note of [...]
Posted in People who don't know any better, The Land the Times Forgot on Nov 11th, 2009
Who says you can’t teach an old dog grey lady new tricks? I’m talking, of course, about the LA Times (which they call the Old Grey Lady.) Liberal bastion. Friend of the homeless. Empathizer of the poor. Yet they have changed their attitude, at least towards one poor group – our gangs. The Times has [...]
Posted in People who don't know any better on Nov 5th, 2009
Equestrian Lynn Brown has notified Griffith Park users, equestrians, and city officials that there is a Bicycle Plan afoot that would allow mountain bikes on the Park Trails! This is insane. No one wants to be pushed aside by a piece of noisy, smelly machinery. We already have cars for that. (Or, if they don’t [...]
